Our neighbours are our closest source of social support and connection. Socially connected homes and neighbourhoods nurture greater physical and mental health, community resilience, and social trust between diverse residents. …
During our conversation with HNC’s newest, Copenhagen-based, research assistant Olivia, we also chatted about her research and why being bad at hobbies can be liberating.
We caught up with one of Hey Neighbour’s Research Assistants about qualitative data analysis and her favourite foods from Delhi.
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods and Hey Neighbour Collective have curated a list of resources, tools, and guides from BC and Canadian sources to prepare for extreme heat and wildfires (updated 2024).
New housing legislation from the Province of BC will mean more homes, but it’s not just density that matters.
Through its partnership with Hey Neighbour Collective, Building Resilient Neighbourhoods helped to bring Connect & Prepare to three new BC municipalities, in collaboration with resident champions, housing operators, local government emergency management and community planning staff, and non-profit organizations.
A conversation with Molly Rose about Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ new initiative.
Resources, recordings, presentations, and notable moments from the third in our ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar series.
The small but ambitious support team that serves HNC partners, guided by our theory of change, is on the lookout for a new part-time member to boost our communications and knowledge mobilization capacity.
The third in a three-part webinar series, ‘Housing That Connects Us: The affordability puzzle’ will hear from guest speakers on sociable design for multi-unit housing and how local governments can help support deepened affordability.
Fndings from the recently completed Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) report ‘How sociable is life in multi-unit housing?’. This report provides aggregated and comparative results of two annual resident surveys (2021 & 2022) across the properties of HNC members Brightside Community Homes Foundation and Catalyst Community Developments Society.
Happy Cities, Hey Neighbour Collective, and SFU assessed the impact of the City of North Vancouver’s Active Design Guidelines, identifying key lessons for supporting social connection in multi-unit housing.
Happy Cities, Hey Neighbour Collective, and Simon Fraser University are working with six local governments in Metro Vancouver to co-create policies for social wellbeing in multi-unit housing.
Making Connections – a rental housing providers and neighbourly social connectedness research overview.
A round-up featuring video, slides, quotes and other resources.
